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Mk 4:21a ... And he said to them, ... "Not is brought the lamp that under the measuring bucket it be placed, ...?"

Verse 21 has four phrases and 22 words. The first two phrases have these 3 narrator and 9 dialog words, ... Kai elegen autois, Mēti erchetai ho luchnos hina hupo ton modion tethē (And he said to them, "Not is brought the lamp that under the modius it be placed, ...?).

The first 3 words are top down. The next 9 words are counter-clockwise starting top left tangent to the bucket. The 3 words "erchetai ho luchnos" (is brought the lamp) are tangent to the triangle holding the lamp. The next 3 words "hupo ton modion" (under the measuring-bucket) are tangent to the triangle under the measuring-bucket. The last word "tethē" (it be placed) refers to the white triangle holding the lamp under the bucket. The Greek modios was a bucket holding about two liquid gallons, the perfect size to cover a large hand held ceramic olive-oil-lamp.

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